Dr.Victor Acheampong Amankwaah
Dr. Victor Acheampong Amankwaah
Phone: +233242745865
Email: va.amankwaah@gmail.com / v.amankwaahresearch.org
Nationality: Ghanaian
Station: Fumesua
Current Grade: Research Scientist
Qualification: PhD (HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE with specialization in Plant Breeding and Genetics with Biotechnology Expertise)
Research Interest: Production of Clean Planting materials using Tissue Culture and Molecular Diagnostic Techniques, Seed Systems of Roots, tubers and Bananas, Banana/Plantain Breeding
Research Experience (Projects/ Number of Publications/ Peer review publication):
Project Lead-Program for Seed System Innovation for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Africa (PROSSIVA)-Yam Component for CRI-Ghana
Co-Lead-Program for Seed System Innovation for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Africa (PROSSIVA)- Banana Component for CRI-Ghana
About 28 scientific publications comprising of six research articles, six book chapters and over 16 conference abstracts published mostly in reputable international journals and book of abstracts
Co-PI: Precise Limited─ Precise Farm Cassava Project.
Co-PI: RTB Breeding Cassava Project.
Brief bio:
Dr. Victor Acheampong Amankwaah is a Ghanaian plant scientist specializing in Plant Breeding and Genetics with Biotechnology Expertise. He is a research Scientist and Head of Tissue Culture at CSIR-Crops Research Institute. He serves as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Plant Resources Development of CSIR College of Science and Technology (CCST) and the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Dr. Amankwaah holds an MSc in Agronomy (Plant Breeding), Ghana and earned his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, USA where his dissertation focused on phenotyping and genetic studies of storage root chemistry traits in sweetpotato.
His research encompasses sweetpotato breeding, genetics and genomics with focus on genomic-assisted nutritional and quality breeding efforts, production of high quality planting materials of roots, tubers and bananas using tissue culture techniques. Dr. Amankwaah actively collaborates on both national and international levels with institutions such as International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and North Carolina State University to advance agricultural biotechnology and crop improvement in Ghana.
